Railway tie and clamp.



A. M. WAGNER.

RAILWAY TIE AND CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1909.

955,7fi4, Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

I be 2 m/m/m/z ALLEN MONROE WAGNER,

or PENDLETON, NDIANA.

RAILWAY TIE AND CLAMP.

. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 19, 19 10.

. Application filed'June 25, 1909. Serial No. 504,255.

To all wimp, it may concem:

Be it known that I, ALLEN M. WAGNER, a citizen of the .aUnited States, and a resident of Pendleton, in the county of -Madison and "State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Railway Tie and Clamp, of which the following 15 a full, clear, 'a1 1d exact detain -amount of desirable resiliency under a passing load. 4 t

The invention; consists n the construction and combination ofjparts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the plaims.

Reference is to behad to the accompany ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in which, similar charatters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

-Figure 1 of a tie constructed according to my inventionrand showing-a portion of a rail seated thereupon, "this" view showing the rail as though cutron the line 1-1 of Fig. 3;

Fig; 2 is a vertical cross section through therail'and passing longitudinally of the tie, this view bein taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 1s a cross section through the tie taken near the endthereof, showing a portion of the rail and other parts in side elevation; Fig. 4 is "a plan of a portion of the tie at the rail, apart of the tie being brokenaway; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation 'of'a clam which constitutes a feature of Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the tie which is.in the form of a channel, and constructed of steel, or similar metaL, The web or bottom 2 of the channel is disposed horizontally, and the flanges 3 of the channel'project upwardly:- At their upper edges they are bent outwardly so as to form cleats at extending longitudinally of the tie. The ends of the tie are cut on an incline so that the flanges 3 present inclined edges 5 attheir ends. At suitable points the flanges -3 are provided on their upper edges with deep notches'G. The rail 7 passes across the upper 'indicat.ed.

'Fig. 5.

is aperspective showing an end 1 1, near their roots,

side of the tie"th1ough these notches, as. indicated. The flange 80f the rail is supported directly upon a seat-9 in the form of a plate, which is slightly tapered, in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tie, .as indicated in Fig. 2. This seat 9 is provided on its upper'edge with ribs or'nibs 10 which engage the edges of thefian'ge so as to assist in holding the rail against lateral displacement or ,a spreading movement. is disposed toward the adjacent end of the tie and the seat is supported on a wedge block or wedge 11 which is adapted to be driven under it-from the end of the tie, as

In order to hold'the rail down, I provide clamps 12, one of. which isclearly shown in Each of these clamps comprises a bar. 13, at the ends of which upwardly and inwardly extending jaws The extremities of these jaws into upwardly ofl'set tongues tongues present inclined edges 16 on their 14 are formed .under sides which are adapted'. to engage the upper side of the flange 8 of the rail, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2. On' account of the inward projection of'the jaws that is, near their point of connection with the bar 13, deep notches 17 are formed, and these notchesmay receive the edges of the flange 8 when the clamps are bein appliedto the rail. Each bar 13 is provi ed at its middle point with a bolt opening 18 through which a fastening bolt 19 is applied, said fastening bolt passing through the flanges 3 of the he, as indicated in Fig. 3. At their rear ends the tongues 15 present vertical shoulders 20, and hori- The thin end of the seat- .14 are formed.

15 and these .zontal edges or seats 21 adjacent these shoulders. The shoulders 20 are adapted to enage the ed e522 of the cleats 45 which are ormed at the notches 6, and the edges 21 are ada ted to seat against the under. sides of the c eats, as .will bereadily understood. It should be'understood that there is a' certain amount of play at the bolts-19, that is, they do not fit tight in their openings in the'fianges 3, hence, they will permita slight upward movement of the clamps when the rail is forced upwardly as the'wedge block 11 is driven home. The purpose of the bolts 19 is simply to prevent any possibility of the clamps from moving longitudinally along the rail as to become from the cleats 4:. -In the flanges 3, at oppodisengaged.

site points, I provide slots 23, and after the wedgeblock 11 has been driven home, a cross bar 24 is inserted inthe near slot at the butt end of the block so as to prevent the place the block or to enable the. block to be re treated with creosote, or a similar preservative material. Attention is called to the fact that the rail is supported on a wooden block so that a load passing the tie will have all the resiliency of an ordinary wooden tie. At the same time there is no possibility of the clamps becoming displaced. Attention is also called to the fact that the tie may be readilyformed from an ordi nary structuralshape.

Having thus described my invention, claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent,-

l. A railway'tie having a web and upwardly projecting flanges, clamps adapted to engage the rail flange, and a wedge block seating on said web under the rail and adapted to force the rail upwardly, said flanges having parts forming seats for the upper edges of said clamps and limiting the upward movement thereof.

2. Afrailway-tie of channel form prescnt ing a bottom web and presenting upwardly extending flanges, clamps attached to said flanges and adapted to engage the flange of the rail, means for. securing said clamps to said flanges, and a wedge block of compressible material resting on said web between saidflanges and adapted to force the rail upwardly to engage said clamps, said flanges having projecting members forming seats for the upper sides of said clamps and limiting the upward movement thereof when said block is'driven home.

3. A railway tie having a web with up; wardly projecting flanges, said flanges having' laterally pro ecting cleats on the upper" edges thereof, clamps engaging the rail and having their'upper edges seating against the under sides of said cleats, means forsecuring said clamps to said flanges, anda wedge block :seated on said web-under the rail and adapted to force the rail upwardly against said' clamps, said cleats afl'ording means for limiting the upward movement of said clamps.

4. A-railway tie having a web and upwardly projecting flanges at the sides thereof, said flan eshavingoutWardly projecting cleats formed thereupon at their upper edges said flanges further having notches in ,the

, upper edgesth'ereof adapted to receive the rail,- lamps attached tothe-outer sides of said flangesandadapted to engage therail flange, thealpper'edges of said clamps being adapted to'seat against theunder sides of said cleats adjacent to said notches, and a wedge block seating on said web between said flanges and adapted to force the. rail upwardly against-said clamps 5. A railway tie having a web withfla'nges projecting upwardly therefrom, said flanges having outwardly projeetingicleats formed at the upper edges'the'reof, said flanges having notches inthe upper. edges thereof to receive'the rail, clamps on the outer' sides of said flanges having tongues 'adapte' to project over the rail flange, said tongues havin shoulders at the butt ends thereof adapted to engage said cleats at the edgeso f said notches, and a wedge block seating on said web between said flanges -and adapted to force the rail upwardly when driven home.

6. A railway tie having a web with flanges projecting upwardly therefrom, s aid flanges having outwardly projecting cleats formed at-the upper edges thereof .,saidflanges having notches 1n 'the upper edges thereof to receive the rall, clamps on the outer sides of said flanges having tongues adapted to proj cct over the rail flange, said tongueshaving shoulders at the butt ends thereof adapted to engage said cleats at the ends of said notches, a wedge block seating on said web between said flanges and adapted to force the rail upwardly when driven home, and

bolts for securing said clamps to said flanges. i

7. A railway tie having a web and flanges projecting upwardly therefrom, clampsadapted to engage the rail, a wedge block adapted to be driven under the rail and co operating with said clamps to hold the same, i

said flanges having a. plurality of oppositely disposed openings, and a bar 'removably mounted in said openings and adapted to be inserted behind the butt end of said block to revent the accidental withdrawal thereof.

nltestimonv whereof I have signed my name-to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

ALLEN MONROE \VAGNER.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE I. Loxonm-zcnru, Geo. M. Fnanr'ron. 

